Wow! How big is your pool? 10-15 gallons, all at once, seems a bit excessive unless you have a BIG pool. You should start a thread of your own and include how you are testing, current test results, and the size of your pool.
Warning About Walmart Liquid Chlorine
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Wow! How big is your pool? 10-15 gallons, all at once, seems a bit excessive unless you have a BIG pool. You should start a thread of your own and include how you are testing, current test results, and the size of your pool.
True! My son used to work at a well known hardware store in the paint department. He said the returns desk people are supposed to open the returned paint and make sure the paint is really in there. They have had people try to return paint cans filled with water, used motor oil, and even had a 5 gallon bucket of white builder's grade paint that was filled with milk! They found that one out when a customer wanted it tinted and my son found curdled milk in the bucket! Apparently they did not check that one when it was returned!
Do the Pool Essentials jugs come with a paper seal? I've bought them before but I don't remember.
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- Plaster
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Jandy Aquapure 1400
Added 12 gallons of 8.25% over 3 days. Wanted to take the pool to shock level 20 ppm after clearing most of leaves from bottom of pool. Don't have a Taylor 2006 kit. Just HTH OTO measurement for FC so can't really judge above 10ppm unless it's significantly darker than indicator. I'm probably at 15 ppm CH right now. PH is 7.5 still have to test for TA and CYA. But I know for fact CYA is below range because haven't used stabilizer or TRI chlor in years. 7200 gal. 18 ft. Round above ground. Currently clearing green water and algae. The reason for the 12 jugs of chlorine all in 3 days is because I neglected the pool last fall, was working crazy OT. Let the FC fall to 0, and a ton of leaves got in the pool as well from Sept to Nov. Never bother with more CH just covered it and now I'm dealing with it.
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Omgee... Never even considered that.
My bottles were still sealed with the little plastic pull-tab under the cap, but it's still a good point!Thanks PAGirl.
NO pump at a time like this??? I have a sad for you :-(
Do you have a new on on it's way yet?
Kim
Thanks for the hug. Yes, we have a new pump motor (not pump) ordered but it won't be here until Wednesday, I think.
I am adding my chlorine and stirring with the brush and hoping it will be okay. The pump motor has been out since about the 20th! Glad I know about TFP or we would have REALLY been freaking out. Hopefully, it will stay clear until we get it and get it installed! Wish me luck! Here's a pic of how it looks right now. 
Sherry
Sherry,
My pump was out for 10 days. I went to SLAM level. Still got cloudy but cleared right up once new pump was in. Good luck and keep us posted
Crystal
My pump was out for 10 days. I went to SLAM level. Still got cloudy but cleared right up once new pump was in. Good luck and keep us posted
Crystal
Crystal,
Hi! Just wanted to let you know we got our pump motor installed last night. Even though there is a lot of dirt in the pool, the water stayed crystal clear from the 20th through the 28th. I just kept adding my bleach and stirring it up with the pool brush! A lot of work, but definitely worth it!
If this had happened before we found TFP, we would probably had a freak out and a green swamp!
So thank you for the positive info about own experience. It gave me hope that I could do it. :bowdown:
Here's what it looks like right now.
Sherry
Hi! Just wanted to let you know we got our pump motor installed last night. Even though there is a lot of dirt in the pool, the water stayed crystal clear from the 20th through the 28th. I just kept adding my bleach and stirring it up with the pool brush! A lot of work, but definitely worth it!
If this had happened before we found TFP, we would probably had a freak out and a green swamp!
So thank you for the positive info about own experience. It gave me hope that I could do it. :bowdown:
Here's what it looks like right now.
Sherry
Texas Splash gave me some good advice...... If it's already been said in this thread, sorry for the repeat.
Walmart Great Value Bleach is really good and usually very fresh (8.25%).
There is a date stamped on the side near the bottom and it will read 17166 (or some number like that), which means it's the 166th day of 2017, which is June 15th, 2017, very fresh bleach!
Look for those fresh dates!
Walmart Great Value Bleach is really good and usually very fresh (8.25%).
There is a date stamped on the side near the bottom and it will read 17166 (or some number like that), which means it's the 166th day of 2017, which is June 15th, 2017, very fresh bleach!
Look for those fresh dates!
I thought I'd chime in as I bought 8 gallons with Julian date 17 125 the other day there were some much older bottles like 17 025. After adding the first bottle noticed the seal was compromised, second bottle was the same and a sniff test seemed like weak chlorine - this is the 10% pool essentials at Wally World.
Test results after adding we're not yielding target FC so ran an oclt with zero FC loss and no CC.
Tried a bottle with 17 117 code and had the expected FC bump that bottle had an intact seal
Test results after adding we're not yielding target FC so ran an oclt with zero FC loss and no CC.
Tried a bottle with 17 117 code and had the expected FC bump that bottle had an intact seal
It's nice to watch someone follow the advice given and end up with a sparkly pool! That's why I love this place, lol.
Oh yeah!!!!! TFP scores again!!! Crystal in for the win!
Kim
Hahaha! Kim, you so funny! And Crystal really is in for the win....which also means I win... Winning!!!! lol
Thanks PAGirl... That's why I love this place too!
The pool stayed crystal clear and is as sparkly as ever. Love it, love it, love it!Sherry
I ordered 6 boxes online of the 2pk Pool Essentials yesterday from Walmart. I got an email saying my order was ready so last night I went to pick it up. They wouldn't let me have it. Apparently it had been recalled between the time I ordered and the time I got to the store. It seems to only be the double pack though, the single gallons are still on the shelves. I have been trying to SLAM my pool because I broke my leg in Feb and it was a bullfrog farm by the time I could even get around it in a wheelchair. I had one experience that was a real head scratchier a couple of weeks ago. I was adding chemicals from a wheelchair pulling them around in my radio flyer. I had left a gallon of the chlorine on it's side right over a pool jet. When I went to get it I spilled the liquid chlorine in my lap. Sun warmed chlorine wearing nothing but gym shorts. I went inside quick to clean up and I threw those shorts in the washer all by themselves. After they were washed I pulled them out and they looked just like they did when I put them on. They were 't bleached anywhere and most importantly I suffered no personal damage either.
I used some of this stuff to clean out and sanitize a used fridge I bought that smelled awful ($210 for a full-size fridge for our basement, including delivery and placement in our house, couldn't turn it down!) -- I sprayed the entire inside of the fridge, left it overnight, and rinsed it out and took the towel to it to dry it off. That towel *absolutely* has bleach stains all over it now. The fridge smelled STRONGLY of chlorine after sitting overnight, to the point that after rinsing it out I had to open it up and set a box fan blowing into the fridge to help blow out the chlorine smell.
I've also used this stuff to sanitize the jetted tub in our master bath. It was spraying out lots of black gunk (mold/mildew built up in the jet plumbing of the tub from not running it in a long time) so I filled it with super-hot water, put in 6oz of of this 10% chlorinating liquid, and ran the jets for about 20 minutes. According to Pool Math that brought the FC level to something like...50ppm. Our bathroom smelled incredibly strongly of chlorine after running the tub for just that 20 minutes. Almost made my eyes water...from just 6oz.
NOTE: a "strong chlorine smell" or lack thereof when opening the bottle might not be indicative of actual potency. You'll need to run a concentration test to verify actual chlorine content.
Thankfully I haven't had a bad experience with this product yet. It's done a great job of keeping my pool clean and sparkling.
I've also used this stuff to sanitize the jetted tub in our master bath. It was spraying out lots of black gunk (mold/mildew built up in the jet plumbing of the tub from not running it in a long time) so I filled it with super-hot water, put in 6oz of of this 10% chlorinating liquid, and ran the jets for about 20 minutes. According to Pool Math that brought the FC level to something like...50ppm.
Our bathroom smelled incredibly strongly of chlorine after running the tub for just that 20 minutes. Almost made my eyes water...from just 6oz.NOTE: a "strong chlorine smell" or lack thereof when opening the bottle might not be indicative of actual potency. You'll need to run a concentration test to verify actual chlorine content.
Thankfully I haven't had a bad experience with this product yet. It's done a great job of keeping my pool clean and sparkling.
I have been purchasing the "Pool Essentials" 128oz bottles from Lowes on Long Island and had no issues.
This has been a great read on liquid chlorine! I also just started using the stuff from Walmart this week and plan to keep on, while checking the dates!
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I have just used two of Walmart 8.25% bleach bottles over this week. I stored them in my garage over the winter- the leftovers.
Raised my chlorine like they should.
Last summer I used that 10% stuff they sell in 2-packs for better price, worked well too.
Raised my chlorine like they should.
Last summer I used that 10% stuff they sell in 2-packs for better price, worked well too.
Everyone must have seen this because I cant find Walmart Chlorine anywhere. Been looking the past few weeks and ended up using the powdered stuff which has worked but I worry long term if I keep using. Going to break down and get from local shop where they have 4 pack for $24 @ 12%. Not as good of a deal but patiently waiting for new options.
What you guys using nowadays?
What you guys using nowadays?
Have you looked at Lowe's or Home Depot? In California they carry the 10%, just a few cents more than what Walmart is charging (though Walmart is sold out here too as of a few weeks ago).
We also have a local pool supply that sells 4 gallon cases of 12.5%, though at $22 it's slightly more expensive per % than the Lowe's or HD stuff.
You can also check with local janitorial supply companies, or google your city name and "sodium hypochlorite" to find an industrial supplier nearby.
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